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title: Atomic Habits by James Clear
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created_date: 2024-10-23
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updated_date: 2024-10-23
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aliases:
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tags:
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- book
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type: book
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book_name: Atomic Habits
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author: James Clear
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status: not_started
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---
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# Atomic Habits by James Clear
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- **🏷️Tags** : #10-2024 #book
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---
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## Summary
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> [!summary] Summary
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> **Atomic Habits by James Clear** is about using the power of habits as a system to incrementally become the person you want to be by leveraging the compounding nature of habits. The core idea is to find good habits and make them *obvious, attractive, easy and satisfying*, as well as identifying your bad habits and making them *invisible, unattractive, hard and unsatisfying*. Personally, a key takeaway is to get started doing a habit as soon as possible, by starting smaller than what your end goal is (read 1 page instae, without trying to optimise everything beforehand.
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Missing: Identity, Environment, ...
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## Cheatsheet
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### How to create a good habit
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| **The 1st Law** | **Make It Obvious** |
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| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| 1.1 | Fill out the Habits Scorecard. Write down your current habits to become aware of them. |
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| 1.2 | Use implementation intentions: "I will [BEHAVIOR] at [TIME] in [LOCATION]." |
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| 1.3 | Use habit stacking: "After [CURRENT HABIT], I will [NEW HABIT]." |
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| 1.4 | Design your environment. Make the cues of good habits obvious and visible. |
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|**The 2nd Law**|**Make It Attractive**|
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|---|---|
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|2.1|Use temptation bundling. Pair an action you want to do with an action you need to do.|
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|2.2|Join a culture where your desired behavior is the normal behavior.|
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|2.3|Create a motivation ritual. Do something you enjoy immediately before a difficult habit.|
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|**The 3rd Law**|**Make It Easy**|
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|---|---|
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|3.1|Reduce friction. Decrease the number of steps between you and your good habits.|
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|3.2|Prime the environment. Prepare your environment to make future actions easier.|
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|3.3|Master the decisive moment. Optimize the small choices that deliver outsized impact.|
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|3.4|Use the Two-Minute Rule. Downscale your habits until they can be done in two minutes or less.|
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|3.5|Automate your habits. Invest in technology and one-time purchases that lock in future behavior.|
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| **The 4th Law** | **Make It Satisfying** |
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| --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| 4.1 | Use reinforcement. Give yourself an immediate reward when you complete your habit. |
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| 4.2 | Make "doing nothing" enjoyable. When avoiding a bad habit, design a way to see the benefits. |
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| 4.3 | Use a habit tracker. Keep track of your habit streak and "don't break the chain." |
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| 4.4 | Never miss twice. When you forget to do a habit, make sure you get back on track immediately. |
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### How to Break a Bad Habit
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| **Inversion of the 1st Law** | **Make It Invisible** |
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| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| 1.5 | Reduce exposure. Remove the cues of your bad habits from your environment. |
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| **Inversion of the 2nd Law** | **Make It Unattractive** |
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| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| 2.4 | Reframe your mindset. Highlight the benefits of avoiding your bad habits. |
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| **Inversion of the 3rd Law** | **Make It Difficult** |
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| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| 3.6 | Increase friction. Increase the number of steps between you and your bad habits. |
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| 3.7 | Use a commitment device. Restrict your future choices to the ones that benefit you. |
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| **Inversion of the 4th Law** | **Make It Unsatisfying** |
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| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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| 4.5 | Get an accountability partner. Ask someone to watch your behavior. |
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| 4.6 | Create a habit contract. Make the costs of your bad habits public and painful. |
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## Ideas and Thoughts
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> [!info]+ Inspiring Questions
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> - Did you think about other concepts from other books?
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> - Do the concepts fit to your past, to your memories?
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> - Can you relive them and reflect them from a different angle?
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Personally, a key takeaway is to get started doing a habit as soon as possible by starting smaller than what your end goal is (read 1 page, instead of 1 hour). All this without trying to optimise everything beforehand ([[analysis paralysis]]).
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## Clippings
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---
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```query
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Atomic Habits James Clear
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-file: "Atomic Habits by James Clear.md"
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```
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